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Saturday, May 21, 2016

There are multiple
ways to take a screen grab in Windows 10, from simply using the Snipping Tool
to hitting the PrintScreen Button on the keyboard.

But there are
downsides to both these methods:

The PrintScreen button grabs
the whole screen which you do not need all the time and later you need to
use Paint or some other tool to crop a portion.
Yes, we do have Alt+PrintScreen option to grab the active Window but
what if you want a piece of it or want to combine portions of two
windows?

Then comes the Snipping Tool,
it gives you the flexibility to grab any portion of the screen by dragging
the mouse pointer. But here is the catch. You have to fire up the program
from Start Menu or use a shortcut and then the hassle to save the file!

Better than all this
is using the Screen Grab functionality of the One Note application / software.
Here is what you need to do:

Install One Note as a part of
Office or Stand alone, if it is not already there in your machine.

Open the application and let
it sit in the tray at the bottom right near the clock.

Press Windows +
Shift + S key
combination in windows 8.1 and 10 and above to grab a screenshot by using
the mouse pointer. In the earlier version of Windows like Win 7, you don't
need to press the Shift key, only Win + S.

Taking the
screenshot:

Press and then click and drag
your mouse to select the desired portion of the screen.

As soon as you are done, a
pop-up will appear asking where to keep the screenshot. Here are the
options you have:

Save it in any of the
Notebooks or Sections provided in the list.

Press
Escape Key and it will be copied to your Clipboard.

You can default the save
location by clicking the "Don't ask me again…" checkbox.

I prefer using the
Esc option and pasting the Screengrab wherever I want. But if you want to keep
a record, you always have the option to save it in One Note.

So, how helpful it was? Let
me know in the comments if you have a better idea to share!